Rotunda
[rə(ʊ)'tʌndə] or [ro'tʌndə]
Definition
(noun.) a large circular room.
(noun.) a building having a circular plan and a dome.
Checker: Marsha--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.
Editor: Ricky
Examples
- The great feature of the Mosque of Omar is the prodigious rock in the centre of its rotunda. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Baptistery, which is a few years older than the Leaning Tower, is a stately rotunda, of huge dimensions, and was a costly structure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The dome is 135 feet 5 inches in diameter at the base, and the open space of the rotunda within is 96 feet in diameter and 180 feet high. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Entering the great Rotunda, we stand before the most sacred locality in Christendom--the grave of Jesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Before he devoted all his time to his invention Morse had been anxious to paint a large historical picture for one of the panels in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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